Button-hook.



L. SC'HWHZGEBEL.

BUTTON HOOK. APPLICATION min MAR. s.'1917.

1,242,28. Patented 001;. 9,1917.

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LULA. 'scntvirzenniinyor CLIFTON, 'onne'oiv' f BUTTON-Hoon. f

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To all whom t may concern: v t

Be it known that I, L ULA SCHWITZGEBEL, a citizen of thel United lStated]residing at Clifton, in the county of Clatsop,State of Oregon, have invented certain; new andi useful Improvements in Button-Hooks; ganda I`- do hereby declare the followingfto be a full, i clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertai'ns to make `and usethe same.

sion of a buttoner by which shoes or the likemay be readily fastened with but littlestrain so that loosening of the button and stretchingof the button hole will be prevented. i f

A further object of the invention is to provide a buttoner including a member pro-` vided with a button engaging hook `and* means of novel construction and arrange-,

ment carried by said member by which the buttoning operation will bel greatly facilitated. l I

Still another object resides in the provisionof a buttoner embodying the desiredfeatures, of simplicity, efficiency and relia-` bility, is convenient of manipulation and may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a but-v toner constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention,

Figs. 2 and 3 are elevational views illustrating the manner of manipulating thebuttoner, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modied form of the invention. v

' Referring now more-particularly to the accoinpanying'drawing, there is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 andy 3 a buttoner constructed in accordance with the preferredl embodiment of the invention. s

In this form of the invention, the buttoner consists of a handle 5, enlarged at one end as shown at 6 andformedat its opposite `end Y with a hook 7 the bight portion of whichi's provided with a pair of spaced channels 8 extending transversely ytlierearound. A

. Y Vfrom the fingers This invention relates to improvements in. Vbuttoners and has for an object the provi-I duced portion 15V adjacent `the hook.

provided with extensions 16 `theneck 13 in the opposite of the invention the bight portion of the hook andloosely en- 1 specificati@ ofretters'ratent. f- Patented 00h19, 1917. Appiiaii'on mediteren aile-171 serrati-v6."negeren' lever 9 in the form-cfa fiat metal plate-is i: Carried by. the handle.- 5 Y and is provided .at l `one end withspacedngers:1Q bentgaround 60 ,gaged the-channels :S-soas to pivotally `support the leger for swinging movement .longitudinally with respect to the handle. The lever 9' further-consistsofa head 11 from which the fingers 10 are formedwhilel extending from the head at thev opposite side is `an outwardly tapered body portion 12 resulting in Va reduced neck I V13 adjacent thehead 11.

In Fig.- 4. ofthe drawing in which there is: illustrated a modified form of the invention, w the handle 5 and hook in the preferred embodimentshown in Fig. 1 with they exception that omitted, the terminal ofthe bill portion of the hook being .provided with a reduced portion 14; and thehandle provided with a re- In this form vof the'invention the lever' is of a somewhat different construction, it being diverging from the body portionV 12 and terminally provided withv elongated openings 17 loosely receiving the reduced portions 14 and 15. The lever spectto the handle as is evident.l

manipulating both form c The manner of isidentical and an illustration of their use-has, therefore, been liniited to the preferred embodiment.l ReferringtoFigs. 2 and l3k there shownV a fragment ofan article suchas a shoewhich isV fastened together bythemeans ofbuttons. In employingthe buttoner, the lever is positioned as. shown in Fig. 2 and the hooked end of the handle inserted through the button hole 18 and engaged in the usual manner with the button 19. .When sopositioned, the button hole will also lhave passed over the` lever 9 until it embraces the neck 13v thereof in being limited .inV further move- 7 are constructed as.

the channels 8 are direction `from` n a l c n y vis thus free to swing llongitudinally with re- *Y ment by the tapered portion of the body 12.

.The body of the lever-is then grasped and the latter swung on vits pivotal connection ice with lthe hook whereby to carry the button hole 18 over the button` 19 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, 'the lever at the same time passing from the button-hole so that detachlment of the buttoner maybe eected merely Vby disengaging the hook from the button in the usual manner. x

llVhat I claim is:

l. A huttoner including a handle provided with a button engaging hook at one end, and ,a lever pivoted to the hooked end of the handle.

n 12.41%; buttoner 'including a handle .pro-"f vided With a button engaging hook at one to the hooked end.

end, and a lever pivoted of and arranged to swing longitudinally With respect to the handle.

3. A buttoner including a handle proi vided With a button engaging hook at one Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseaeh, ley-addressing' the v Y Washington, D. C.

gaged by the hook.

In testimony whereof, l afX v my signature, 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

` LULA SCHWITZGEBEL.

Witnesses: f

l-l. N. JAooBsoN, N. E. HUNT.

and a lever carried by and insertible Commissioner lof Patents, j f 

